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Literacies in Contact
Edited by Manuela Böhm and Constanze Weth
[Written Language & Literacy 23:2] 2020
► pp. 289–312

Foreign schriftdenken in ausbau languages

Luxembourgish and Rusyn orthographies in multiple language contact

| University of Luxembourg
| University of Luxembourg
The concept of schriftdenken describes how the knowledge of a writing system in use guides the creation of a writing system for a yet to be standardized language. Trubetz­koy described this effect with reference to the invention of the Glagolitic alphabet in the 9th century with Greek as the reference writing system. This paper demonstrates schriftdenken and measures to increase orthographic differences in two writing systems with a relatively young history: Luxembourgish (a Germanic language) and Rusyn (a Slavic language). In the Luxembourgish context, schriftdenken and orthographic separation are revealed by the historical context, whereas in the Rusyn context, both practices are related to different geographic contact situations in the countries where Rusyn is spoken and written. The reference languages for Luxembourgish are German, French and Dutch; for Rusyn, they are Russian, Ukrainian, Church Slavonic, Polish and Slovak.
Keywords: orthography, Luxembourgish, Rusyn, history of writing systems, spelling reform, schriftdenken
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction: Increasing and reducing difference in the ausbau process
  • 2.Contact situations and processes of standardization
    • 2.1Luxembourgish
    • 2.2Rusyn
  • 3.Orthographic features (description)
    • 3.1Luxembourgish
    • 3.2Rusyn
  • 4.Factors determining the choice of features (discussion)
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 2 February 2021
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